Friday, March 30, 2012

We just received our final itinerary for our trip to CHINA!!! We are excited beyond words. This has been literally a year in the making....and we are so grateful to finally be at the END....of the beginning, of course :) Here is our itinerary for those of you who care to know :) and want to keep up with us.

April 11- 6:00 am Fly from Memphis to Chicago, then Chicago to Beijing
April 12- Arrive in Beijing 2:40 pm
April 13- Tour Beijing (Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Hutong Tour, Acrobatics Show)
April 14- Tour Beijing (The Great Wall)
April 15- Fly to Zhengzhou
April 16- GOTCHA DAY!!!
April 17- Complete Adoption Registration, travel to Hebi (where Naomi is from) to apply for her passport
April 18- Free Day
April 19- Free Day
April 20- NAOMI'S 4th BIRTHDAY :)
April 21- Free Day
April 22- Fly to Guangzhou
April 23- Physical Exam for Naomi
April 24- Receive Naomi's Passport
April 25- Have Naomi's TB Skin Test Read
April 26- U.S. Consulate Appointment
April 27- Receive Naomi's Visa. Depart by train to Hong Kong
April 28-11:10 am Fly from Hong Kong to Chicago, then Chicago to Memphis, arriving at 6:04 pm

Then we are HOME as a family of SIX!

We are still selling puzzle pieces for $5 each. We still have around 180 to have sponsored & we can have it framed & hung in Naomi's room. I would REALLY LOVE to have this hung when she comes home, so please help us spread the word. (See my previous post for info on the puzzle).

We are SO VERY GRATEFUL to all of you who have been so generous to purchase t-shirts, coffee, and puzzle pieces. You will never know what impact this has had on our family. God has certainly shown up and shown out through all of you :))

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Naomi's Story

Naomi was abandoned on July 4, 2008 in Hebi City, Jun County at the Xiaohe Road Intersection. The Hebi City Jun County Public Service Bureau Liyang Police Station conducted a thorough search, and as they could not locate her parents or other relatives, she was confirmed an abandoned infant. According to her physical condition, her birth date was estimated to be April 20, and she was named according to the generational character for the year 2008 (Yun), and when this baby girl arrived, the weather was very hot, so she was given the name Yun Yan.

Naomi was transferred to Hope Foster Home when she was 8 months old. She had her cleft lip repair & nose deformity on October 30, 2009. She had her cleft palate repair on May 20, 2010. She was sponsored by a wonderful family who gave her the beautiful name, Naomi just after her first birthday. She arrived at Maria's Big House of Hope, in Louyang, Henan, China in July 2010 where she lived for almost 2 years. She was joined with her forever family on April 16, 2012.

Our Adoption Timeline

April 23, 2011: Saw 1st pic of Naomi

April 25: Had our friend Kelly call Show Hope to see if Naomi was "paper ready". Found out her paperwork had been started around April 1st

April 27: Knew for sure God was calling us to adopt Naomi. Emailed Show Hope for more info which was forwarded to CCAI (our adoption agency)

April 29: Filled out a waiting child checklist with CCAI

May 4: Filled out application for adoption
May 11: Application was approved

May 16: Began dossier paperchase

May 31: First Home Study visit

June 20: Home Study complete (waiting on background checks)

July 1: Naomi is prayer focus child for Show Hope :)

July 22: Background checks arrive
July 25: Home Study complete & sent to CCAI & USCIS

July 28: I800A application sent to USCIS for approval

August 12: Recieved fingerprint appointments

August 15: Fingerprinted 20 days before appt date!

August 24: Recieved a call from CCAI that Naomi's file came in "LID Only"